# मनुष्य
## Hindi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit मनुष्य (manuṣya).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /mə.nʊʂ.jᵊ/, [mɐ.nʊʃ.jᵊ]

### Noun

मनुष्य • (manuṣya) m (Urdu spelling مَنُشیَہ)
* human being, man; a descendant of Manu
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:मनुष्य
    प्रत्येक मनुष्य मरणशील है।pratyek manuṣya maraṇśīl hai.Every human being is mortal.

#### Declension
### See also

* manouche

### References

* Bahri, Hardev (1989) “मनुष्य”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
* McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “मनुष्य”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
* “मनुष्य”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.

## Marathi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit मनुष्य (manuṣya). Doublet of माणूस (māṇūs).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mə.nuʂ.jə/

### Noun

मनुष्य • (manuṣya) m
* a man
* human being

#### Synonyms

* माणूस (māṇūs)

### References

* Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “मनुष्य”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
* Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “मनुष्य”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* মনুষ্য (Assamese script)
* ᬫᬦᬸᬱ᭄ᬬ (Balinese script)
* মনুষ্য (Bengali script)
* 𑰦𑰡𑰲𑰬𑰿𑰧 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀫𑀦𑀼𑀱𑁆𑀬 (Brahmi script)
* မနုၑျ (Burmese script)
* મનુષ્ય (Gujarati script)
* ਮਨੁਸ਼੍ਯ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌮𑌨𑍁𑌷𑍍𑌯 (Grantha script)
* ꦩꦤꦸꦰꦾ (Javanese script)
* 𑂧𑂢𑂳𑂭𑂹𑂨 (Kaithi script)
* ಮನುಷ್ಯ (Kannada script)
* មនុឞ្យ (Khmer script)
* ມນຸຩ຺ຍ (Lao script)
* മനുഷ്യ (Malayalam script)
* ᠮᠠᠨᡠᢢᠶᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘦𑘡𑘳𑘬𑘿𑘧 (Modi script)
* ᠮᠠᠨᠤᢔᠶ᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧆𑧁𑧔𑧌𑧠𑧇 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐩𑐣𑐸𑐲𑑂𑐫 (Newa script)
* ମନୁଷ୍ଯ (Odia script)
* ꢪꢥꢸꢰ꣄ꢫ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆩𑆤𑆶𑆰𑇀𑆪 (Sharada script)
* 𑖦𑖡𑖲𑖬𑖿𑖧 (Siddham script)
* මනුෂ්‍ය (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩴𑩯𑩒𑪀 𑪙𑩻 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚢𑚝𑚰𑚶𑚣 (Takri script)
* மநுஷ்ய (Tamil script)
* మనుష్య (Telugu script)
* มนุษฺย (Thai script)
* མ་ནུ་ཥྱ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒧𑒢𑒳𑒭𑓂𑒨 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨢𑨝𑨃𑨯𑩇𑨪 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *manušíyas, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mon- (“man”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬥𐬎𐬱 (manuš). Related to मनु (mánu).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /mɐ.nu.ʂí.jɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /mɐˈn̪uʂ.jɐ/

### Adjective

मनुष्य • (manuṣyà) stem
* human, manly, useful or friendly to man

#### Declension
### Noun

मनुष्य • (manuṣyà) stem, m
* a man, human being
* a man (as opposed to woman)
* a husband
* a class of deceased ancestors (those who receive the पिण्ड (piṇḍa) offering)

#### Descendants

* Ashokan Prakrit: 𑀫𑀦𑀼𑀰 (manuśa), 𑀫𑀦𑀼𑀲 (manusa), 𑀫𑀦𑀼𑀱 (manuṣa)
** Magadhi Prakrit: 𑀫𑀡𑀼𑀰𑁆𑀰 (maṇuśśa)
*** Early Assamese: মুনিষ (muniṣo)
**** Assamese: মুনিহ (munih)
*** Early Assamese: মানুষ (manuṣo)
**** Assamese: মানুহ (manuh)
*** Bengali: মানুষ (manuś)
*** Bengali: মিনসে (minośe)
*** Kamta: মানষি (manṣi)
*** Rohingya: manúic
*** Sylheti: ꠝꠣꠘꠥ (manu)
** Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀫𑀡𑀼𑀲𑁆𑀲 (maṇussa), 𑀫𑀸𑀡𑀼𑀲 (māṇusa)
*** Old Marathi: 𑘦𑘰𑘡𑘳𑘭 (mānusa), 𑘦𑘰𑘜𑘳𑘭 (māṇusa)
**** Marathi: माणूस (māṇūs) (from the alternative form 𑘦𑘰𑘜𑘳𑘭 (māṇusa))
** Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀫𑀡𑀼𑀲𑁆𑀲 (maṇussa)
*** Gujarati: માણસ (māṇas)
*** Pahari:
**** Garhwali: मन्खि (mankhi)
**** Nepali: मानिस (mānis), मान्छे (mānche)
*** Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਮਨੁੱਖ (manukkha)
    Shahmukhi script: مَنُکّھ (manukkh)
*** Romani: manuś, manush (Anglicized), manuš (Pan-Vlax)
**** Angloromani: mannush
**** → French: manouche
**** → Hungarian: manus
*** Romani: murś, mursh (Anglicized), murš (Pan-Vlax)
**** Angloromani: mush
***** → English: mush
**** Tavringer Romani: mus, muss, musij, mossj, måssj
***** → Swedish: musch, mors (possibly)
*** Sindhi: माण्हू (māṇhū)
* Pali: manussa
** → Burmese: မနုဿ (ma.nu.ssa.)
** → Khmer: មនុស្ស (mɔnuh)
** → Lao: ມະນຸດ (ma nut)
** → Old Javanese: mānuṣa
*** Javanese: ꦩꦤꦸꦁꦱ (manungsa)
*** → Balinese: ᬫᬵᬦᬸᬱ (manusa)
* → Amahai: mansia
* → Balinese: ᬫᬦᬸᬲ (manusa)
* → English: manusya
* → Hindustani:
    Hindi: मनुष्य (manuṣya)
    Urdu: منشیہ (manuśya)
* → Kannada: ಮನುಷ್ಯ (manuṣya)
* → Lü: ᦙᦓᦳᧆ (mnud)
* → Malay: manusia
** → Indonesian: manusia
* → Marathi: मनुष्य (manuṣya)
* → Old Marathi: 𑘦𑘡𑘳𑘏𑘿𑘧 (manukhya), 𑘦𑘡𑘳𑘎𑘿𑘬 (manukṣa)
* → Maguindanao: manusia
* → Malayalam: മനുഷ്യൻ (manuṣyaṉ)
* → Maranao: manosiya
* → Sundanese: manusa
* → Tamil: மனுஷன் (maṉuṣaṉ), மனிதன் (maṉitaṉ)
* → Tagalog: manusya
* → Tausug: mānusiya'
* → Telugu: మనిషి (maniṣi)
* → Thai: มนุษย์ (má-nút)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “मनुष्य”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0784/3.
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 576-7
* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “manuṣyà”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 564